William Goldman

“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”

“Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love you. Like that.)”

“Her heart was a secret garden and the walls were very high.”

“Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.”

“And when she at last came out, her eyes were dry. Her parents stared up from their silent breakfast at her. They both started to rise but she put a hand out, stopped them. ‘I can care for myself, please,’ and she set about getting some food. They watched her closely. In point of fact, she had never...”